Improvement in sectional horseshoes



R. AUSTIN.

Sectional Horseshoes.

No.150,810, Parenredmaymnsm.

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UNITED STATES RICHARD AUSTIN, OF SING SING, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT 1N SCTIONAL HCRSESHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,810, dated May 12, 1874; application filed February 21, 1874.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Beit known that I, RICHARD AUSTIN, of

Sing Sing, in the county of Vestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Horseshoes; and I.

- iigures ci' reference marked thereon.

Figures 1 and 2 oi' the drawings are representations of plan views of my horseshoe. Fig.

3 are face views oi' the two detail view of the same.

This invention has relation to means for the prevention of contract-ed hoof, and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of thejoint of the branches of a divided horseshoe, whereby said branches will be held together in the vertical direction at their joined ends, while they will be allowed to gradually move apart laterally, tocorrespond with the growth of the hoof.

In the accompanying drawings, the letters A A indicate the branches of my divided horseshoe, the upper surface being designated by a and the lower surface by b. These sides. Fig. f1 is a branches are joined at the center or toe of the shoe by forming on the end of one branch aV tenen, B, dovetailed in crossseetion through a vertical plane passing lengthwise ofthe shoe, and having its widest face c flushV with the upper surface of the shoe, which isV in contact with the hoof. To correspond with this formation, the end of the opposite branch is forked, a dovetail recess, C, being formed between the branches d d, which is of similar form and size to the tenon B, above referred to.

In a horizontal section ofthe joint the dovetail forlnatienis not apparent, and the dovetail indicated in the vertical cross-section is similar in form and size from one end to the other of both tenen and recess. As a aconsequence of this construction, when the branches are joined and secured to the hoof, they are held so that joined ends are kept dush and true. At the same time there is no obstruction to lateral movement, and as the hoof expands the branches separate gradually, while the connection is still maintained by the tenen and recess.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure 

